FULL ELECTION RESULTS OF THE 2013 PARLIAMENTARY AND MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN BUEA, TIKO, MUYUKA, LIMBE I, II AND III, AND IDENAU

By Ferdinand Efome in Buea for Fako UK/Fako News Centre

Results of the 30th September 2013 elections of members of parliament and Municipal Councillors in Cameroon have been declared. Keeping with section 193 of the electoral code, respective Council Supervisory Commissions had within 72 hours following the closing of the polls to declare the results in the electoral constituency concerned.

In the South West Region, the Cameroon’s People Democratic movement (CPDM) won 26 of the 31 Municipal Councils with more than 50.01% of the votes, while the Social Democratic Front (SDF) won only two Councils (Kumba II and Tiko Councils) with an absolute majority of the votes.

The remaining three councils Kumba I, Kumba III and Mbonge) all in Meme Division have been shared among the SDF, CPDM and ANDP. Yet, the SDF has majority of the seats in Kumba I and Kumba III because they got the majority of the votes while the CPDM has most of the seats in the Mbonge Council.

The Buea Municipal Council elections results were declared on Wednesday the 2nd of October 2013 in the presence of political parties that participated in the elections, members of the press and other election stakeholders.

The SDF representatives accepted the results but claimed that the CPDM used money to corrupt electors. For the first time since the return of multiparty politics in Cameroon, the CPDM won elections in Bwiyuku (Tole), Lower Bolifamba (Mile 16) and most of the cosmopolitan neighbourhoods within Buea subdivision that have been the stronghold of opposition.

The CPDM claimed that their victory was thanks to the quality of candidates they selected as councillors from respective neighbourhoods and their manifesto. The electoral code provides that the councillors in each council shall proceed to elect their mayors on the day of the first session which shall hold on the second Tuesday following the proclamation of the results.

Though the Municipal elections and that for the National Assembly (parliament) were organised on the same date, there are different procedures leading to the proclamation of both results. According to section 168 of the electoral code, it is the supreme court sitting in for the Constitutional Council that will declare the National Assembly election results.

They have a maximum of 20 days with effect from the date of closure of polls to declare the results after treating proceedings forwarded from the Divisional Supervisory Commission.